| R 062 |
| 2022 -- S 2026 Enacted 01/25/2022 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 23-29, 2022, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Sosnowski, Coyne, F Lombardi, E Morgan, Cano, de la Cruz, Lombardo, Lawson, and Murray |
| Date Introduced: January 25, 2022 |
| WHEREAS, The week of January 23-29, 2022, has been designed as "National CRNA |
| Week"; and |
| WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are advanced practice |
| registered nurses. Providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150 |
| years, CRNAs are among the nation's most trusted professions; and |
| WHEREAS, Legislation passed by Congress in 1986 made nurse anesthetists the first |
| nursing specialty to be accorded direct reimbursement rights by Medicare; and |
| WHEREAS, CRNAs are primary anesthesia providers in rural communities and continue |
| to be the primary providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel; and |
| WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, from |
| traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms to critical access hospitals; from |
| ambulatory surgical centers to the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, pain |
| managements specialists and more; and |
| WHEREAS, CRNAs are qualified to make independent judgments regarding all aspects |
| of anesthesia care based on their education, training, and licensure; and |
| WHEREAS, CRNAs are trusted anesthesia experts on the frontlines, caring for patients |
| safely and compassionately, delivering specialized, cost-effective care to all patients from |
| newborns to seniors, and for every type of procedure in all types of facilities; and |
| WHEREAS, CRNAs are courageously serving on the frontlines of the ongoing |
| coronavirus pandemic, using their advanced skills in airway management, intubation and |
| ventilator management to care for the sickest patients, and leaving their homes and families to |
| travel to hospitals and facilities across the country, so they can assist where the need is greatest; |
| now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims the week of |
| January 23-29, 2022, to be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" in Rhode Island and |
| furthermore recognizes the importance of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and their |
| role in providing high-quality care for the public; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Association of Nurse |
| Anesthetists (RIANA). |
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